We would select participants by finding out which contributors will be at the conference and ask them to use their chapter as a basis for discussion the theme of the book. The book's theme is 'Deeds and Words' and chapters address these questions: How does feminism shake up political science, the study of politics and electoral politics? What difference do feminist political scientists and politicians make to political institutions, policy processes and outcomes? The scholarship and activism of pioneering feminist political scientist Professor Joni Lovenduski helped establish these questions on the political science agenda.